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. 2014 Feb;20(2):322-3.
doi: 10.3201/eid2002.120921.

Injectional anthrax in heroin users, Europe, 2000-2012

Matthias Hanczaruk, Udo Reischl, Thomas Holzmann, Dimitrios Frangoulidis, David M Wagner, Paul S Keim, Markus H Antwerpen, Hermann Meyer, Gregor Grass

Injectional anthrax in heroin users, Europe, 2000-2012

Matthias Hanczaruk et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: Bacillus anthracis; Europe; Germany; Trans-Eurasian clade; anthrax; bacteria; heroin users; humans; injectional anthrax; phylogeny; single nucleotide polymorphism.

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Diagram of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) assays used for bioforensic genotyping of heroin-associated Bacillus anthracis strains. Shown are the results of PCR-based SNP assays performed to elucidate the phylogenetic position of strains. Indicated at the top of the column is the whole strain pool of B. anthracis genotype A.Br. 008/011; the vertical black line indicates the assays in a direction of revealing increasing proximity to the heroin-associated strains. SNPs common to those of some strains from Turkey (2) are shown in light gray, and SNPs unique for the heroin-associated strains (2), including the isolate of 2000 from Norway, are depicted in dark gray (SNP designations and alleles are indicated).
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